- Date
- May 22, 1977
- Place
- Fort Plain, NY · FORT PLAIN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8093DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770522013889A
- Case key
- 158163
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1177 77/5/22 FORT PLAIN,NY PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 5011 TIME - 0845 N8093D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 501 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NELLIS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT PLAIN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT. TKOF ON DOLLY. NOSED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8093D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nellis Field
N8093DRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8093D · 1
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